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Hearn, Chester G.

Air Force : an illustrated history : the U.S. Air Force from the 1910s to the 21st century / Chester G. Hearn.

Minneapolis, Minn. : Zenith Press, 2008.

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm

From its beginnings in 1907 as the Aeronautical Division of U.S. Armys Signal Corps, which consisted of one officer and two enlisted men, the United States Air Force has grown to become the foremost aerial armed force in the world. Although they had to fly French and British planes as the fledgling army aeronautical bureaucracy failed to procure any combat-worthy American aircraft, which arguably did not exist, American aviators performed valiantly in World War I with intrepid pilots of the such as Eddie Rickenbacker and Frank Luke leading the way. -- amazon.com

United States. Air Force -- History.

Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From gas bags to flying machines 1783-1916 -- The first air war 1916-1920 -- Between the wars 1919-1940 -- The War in Europe 1939-1945 -- The War in the Far East 1941-1945 -- Cold War: from Berlin to Korea 1945-1955 -- The Vietnam War 1955-1975 -- From Cold War to Desert War 1977-2007 -- Into the future.

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